Form for textile material or the like



Filed Sept. 5, 1947 INVENTOR.

if. Flli JACOB M. FIELD Patented Nov. 24, 1953 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE FORM FOR TEXTILE MATERIAL OR THE LIKE The present invent on comprises a new artiole of manufacture particularly adapted for use in the display or packaging of sheet material such as textile material that is sold or delivered in relatively long lengths of constant width. The new article comprise a structure that may be readily assembled into a sturdy framework or form about which sheet material may be wrapped as on a board.

As compared to articles heretofore in use in the textile industry for the same or similar purpose, the article of the present invention may be produced at substantially less cost and is lighter in weight.

The new article is entirely composed of foldable material, such as cardboard, and is readily assembled by folding blanks of the material along scored lines thereon. Thus, a plurality of the articles before assembly can be conveniently stored or shipped as blanks thus saving shipping space.

As forms or boards upon which textile or other material is wound are ordinarily used but once and then discarded, it is important that the cost thereof be low. It is also important that their construction be such that they do not collapse or become distorted under the weight of the material wrapped about them.

The article of the present invention is so constructed as to meet both these requirements. Also storage and shipping space is conserved when the articles are stacked before assembly.

For a better understanding of the invention,

reference may be had to the accompanying drawing of which:

Fig. l is a perspective view of a form embodying the invention and comprising an outer cover member and an inner brace member;

Fig. 2 is a plan view, on a reduced scale, of a scored blank from which the brace member of Fig. 1 may be assembled by folding;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged perspective view of the brace member of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a perspective view illustrating an alternative construction of brace member for use with the outer cover member of Fig. 1; and

Fig. 5 is a plan view of a scored blank foldable into the brace member of Fig. 4.

In the embodiment of the invention illustrated in Fig. 1, the outer cover member is indicated at 2 and inner brace member at 4. Member 2 may be of conventional box type construction. The dimensions of member 2 will depend upon the particular material with which the article is to be used, but the depth thereof will be relatively shallow and the width substantially less than the length; the shape of the member generally approximating that of a board. Member 2, in the particular embodiment of the invention illustrated in i as e 9 1 9 4 Wall 6, s d walls 2 8, a to wall formed of sections [0 and Illa adhesively secured together at their overlapping edges and end walls l2 each provided with a flap 12a underlying the top wall. A tab or tongue l4 on each end of the top wall section I0 extends over the adjacent end wall l2 and into a slot l6 in the fold between the bottom and end walls and serves to keep the end wall in position while permitting retraction thereof for access to the interior of the member 2. Member 2 may be readily assembled from a single scored blank as will be apparent to those skilled in the art. Any other conventional construction which permits access through either or both ends of the member 2 could be used in the article of Fig. l.

The inner or brace member 4 comprises a base portion l8 having integrally joined thereto a four walled structure comprising interlocked strips and 22, each of a height substantially equal to the depth of member 2, and side walls 24 which are integral with the base portion l8 and which terminate in strips 26 underlying the top wall Ill-46a of the outer member. described construction of the brace member 4,

the structure formed by the strips 20 and 22 provides reinforcement for the central portion of member 2 and prevents collapse or distortion thereof. The base portion [8 provides additional rigidity crosswise of the member 2 and the side walls 24 reinforce the side walls of the article.

The brace member 4, can be readily introduced into member 2 from either end thereof and pushed into the generally central position shown in Fig. 1.

The entire brace member 4 is formable from the single blank 28 shown in Fig. 2. The side walls 24 and strips 26 are formed by folding the blank 28 along score or fold lines 30 and 32.

along lines 36 to form the free edges of the strips, along lines 38 forming continuations of fold lines 40 along which the strips remain joined to the basewhen pushed up from the blank and along lines 42 joining the termini of lines 36 and 38 To provide interlocking means for the strips 20 and 22 small and forming the ends of the strips.

triangular sections 43 are cut out in strip 20 adjacent the ends of line 36 and similar small triangular sections 44 are cut out in strip 22 adjacent the ends of lines 38. The blank 28 is scored transversely of the strips 20 and 22 along lines 46. When the strips 20 and 22 are folded up from the blank 28 along the fold lines 40 and the free ends of each folded toward the other on lines 46, the notches formed by the removal of the triangular sections 43 and 44 permit crossing of With the above The strips 20 and 22 are formed by cutting-the blank ing the invention and suitable for use within a cover member of the general type of member 2 of Fig. 1 is illustrated in Fig. 4. As compared to the preferred constructionnf brace member illustrated in Figs. 1 to 3, member la of Fig. 4 re-- 5 quires less material for its construction but is less efficient in that it does not provide additional" rigidity cross wise of the cover member. Alsoto insure central location in the cover member, the brace member 4a needs to be adhesively secured to the inner bottom wall of the cover member" prior to assembly of the covermembern. The brace member 4a comprises a structure having four upstanding walls 48 and outwardly extend-' ing flaps 50 integrally joined to the walls and adapted ito-rbe adhesively secured to'the inner bottomwvallizof'ithe cover member of-the-form.- The brace memberia isform'ablefrom the elon-' gated-blank 28a of Fig;- 5. Theblank 28a has a longitudinal fold line 52thereon'- spaced from one edgezfid of the blank tbyadistance equal to the height of iwalls "Miwfour transverse fold linesEG thereon extending from" the edge '54 to -the=line-' 52--andxdefining the' wall'ssections AB- and a tab" 48a*'for adhesively securing terminal wallsec tions'together: th'e blank being cut through along lines 58 -extendingofromv rth'e termini of lines 56 to the edge 60 0f the J'blank and defining, with-:line 52 the flaps 501* To assemble .the bracemember 4a, blankzilais folded oniline 52andethenr-on lines 56 to'bring tabfl'48a roverftheremotes-terminal wall section of the blank'g td .whi'ch' it 'is then adhesively se e curedz The fiaps EU a're' then'secure'd tothe bot-" tonrwall of a 'coverfmembersuch'as member 2 of Fig'fi-l, andtliatimember:theniassembled 'to' complete'- a z'form 'havingfsitsi central 'portio'n reinforced-* by the t'memberi Am The in vention has: now been "described TWlth reference to thepreferred 'embodiment illustrated .40 inE'FigsJ-l to 3 and tothe modified construction" illustrated: *in' Figs -'4 I and: 52 Obviously; various changes could be rnade in 'the described':construc-" tions anu in tne'prcportions or thepa'rts with'i-i out departing from the scope of the-invention' as defined in the appended olaims-L I For example, altlioughtliebraice member ofthe formis'preferably foldedfroma bIank- 'Separate from that' foldable to make the outer member of the new form; reinforcing 'strip's like strips 2 ll' 'and 22 -of Fig 1'to 3 couldWoe foldedapfrorrr the bottom wal -ofz asingle member to'provide' a brace mem= ber integral with the cover member Such: a construction'wouldafforwsavingin: material and '2 laboriin': assembly 'aHG WOuId besatisfactorywhere th'e'sadditionalestrengthiand rigidity. provided .by theo-separatei brace i'zmen'iherffisi? notire'quire'd; iias fornexample when lightweight materialr isito be wrapped: on the for-max Variousaother-Imodifica: tionsrof the inventionnwillobe sapparentito;' tlioseiifi skilled in: the 341117.3

The.sfollowingisiclaimed:5.

1. ,Aswa l'newarticle: ofamanufa'etureg'iazrormzz: about: which 'z'sheet materialr may'be wound. com prising :separable inner? and outermember's eachof ffoldable :imaterialy saidzcouter: .rmember-z being :11 of. the general. shape ofira board andzsaid finnerf' member compri'sing 1 a base?- section, sidewalls-E integral with the base-section'- and-engagingthe inner sidelwallsbfrthe:outerrmemberiand strips z integral iwith fSEIld'T-baSE section folded up therefrom and inter-lockedzrwith:one: anotherat both iendsi thereof to form:v anilupsta'nding' continuous wall, said inner memberxservingeto-zreinforcethe r:

outer member and prevent collapse thereof when the form is in use.

2. The article according to claim 1 wherein said strips ofz-the inner member" folded up' from the basesection comprise a pair of strips each of a width substantially equal to the inside depth of the outer member, each of said strips having notchestherein adjacent the ends thereof, said notches interlocking with notches provided in the other of said strips to form a continuous walled structure.

3. A. rectangular.board-shaped form about which sheet material may be wound, having top, bottomand two side Walls and an inner brace member disposed between and contacting the top and-bottom walls thereof, saidbrace member comprising a pair:iof like-strips-each.integral with a wall-of-said--form, the.ends of which are folded in towards each other. andadapted tointerlockingly'engage :one 1 another to ;for-man upstanding continuous walled: structure.

4; ArfOIm: inaccordance with claim 3 .in which the z-strips arevintegra'l:withathe same-wall;-

5. As a new article of manufacture-, a form:

about whichisheet material=irnay be wound, said form :beingicomposed?entirely of'foldable mate-' rial and comprising an'w'out'er elongated member i of E relatively shallowi-depth and-Tan inner': brace member centrally disposed within said outer member*said:brace member: including a base portion are width substantially equal to the internal width of the' outer:meinber and 'having stripsin teg-rally' connected to 'said base section; I eachi'of said stripshaving its end's 'interlockin'g with cor responding ends of 'another 'oi said strips' to" form an upstanding substantially ring-shaped brace.

6: A- new' article of= m'anufacture, a form'about which 'sheet -materi'al may be" wound, "said form being composed ntirely of foldable material-and comprising an-"outer'e1ongated member of relatively shallow -de'pth-' and an" inner brace member centrally -disp'osed witliin said outer member; said inner brace member beingrormed from'a rectangula'r' blankfisai'd' blankbeing cut through along linesfdefining 'tliree -edges of each of two strips and along-"a section'at ea ch end of the remaining edgethereofi tli*endsof' iach 'of said stripsbeing cutaway' -to 'interlock witl-r correspondingly cutawafy ends 'of theothe'rpf s'aid strips,-- said strips being adapted to be folded up fromth'eblank along the-uncut 'section's and said corresponding toward each otherand= inter1ocl ed. 7

JA'GOB'ML FIELD.

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